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Hosea 4:1–5:15
4 Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites,
because the Lord has a chargeu to bring
against you who live in the land:v
“There is no faithfulness,w no love,
no acknowledgmentx of God in the land.y
2 There is only cursing,a lyingz and murder,a
they break all bounds,
and bloodshed follows bloodshed.d
3 Because of this the land dries up,e
and all who live in it waste away;f
the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
and the fish in the sea are swept away.g
4 “But let no one bring a charge,
let no one accuse another,
for your people are like those
who bring charges against a priest.h
5 You stumblei day and night,
and the prophets stumble with you.
So I will destroy your motherj—
6 my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.k
“Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the lawl of your God,
I also will ignore your children.
7 The more priests there were,
the more they sinned against me;
they exchanged their glorious Godb m for something disgraceful.n
8 They feed on the sins of my people
and relish their wickedness.o
9 And it will be: Like people, like priests.p
I will punish both of them for their ways
and repay them for their deeds.q
10 “They will eat but not have enough;r
they will engage in prostitutions but not flourish,
because they have desertedt the Lord
to give themselves 11 to prostitution;u
old winev and new wine
take away their understanding.w
12 My people consult a wooden idol,x
and a diviner’s rod speaks to them.y
A spirit of prostitutionz leads them astray;a
they are unfaithfulb to their God.
13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops
and burn offerings on the hills,
under oak,c poplar and terebinth,
where the shade is pleasant.d
Therefore your daughters turn to prostitutione
and your daughters-in-law to adultery.f
14 “I will not punish your daughters
when they turn to prostitution,
nor your daughters-in-law
when they commit adultery,
because the men themselves consort with harlotsg
and sacrifice with shrine prostitutesh—
a people without understandingi will come to ruin!j
15 “Though you, Israel, commit adultery,
do not let Judah become guilty.
“Do not go to Gilgal;k
And do not swear, ‘As surely as the Lord lives!’m
16 The Israelites are stubborn,n
like a stubborn heifer.o
How then can the Lord pasture them
like lambsp in a meadow?
17 Ephraim is joined to idols;
leave him alone!
18 Even when their drinks are gone,
they continue their prostitution;
their rulers dearly love shameful ways.
19 A whirlwindq will sweep them away,
and their sacrifices will bring them shame.r
5 “Hear this, you priests!
Pay attention, you Israelites!
Listen, royal house!
This judgments is against you:
You have been a snaret at Mizpah,
a netu spread out on Tabor.
2 The rebels are knee-deep in slaughter.v
I will discipline all of them.w
Israel is not hiddenx from me.
Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution;
Israel is corrupt.y
4 “Their deeds do not permit them
to returnz to their God.
A spirit of prostitutiona is in their heart;
they do not acknowledgeb the Lord.
5 Israel’s arrogance testifiesc against them;
the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumbled in their sin;
Judah also stumbles with them.e
6 When they go with their flocks and herds
to seek the Lord,f
they will not find him;
he has withdrawng himself from them.
7 They are unfaithfulh to the Lord;
they give birth to illegitimatei children.
When they celebrate their New Moon feasts,j
he will devoura k their fields.
8 “Sound the trumpetl in Gibeah,m
the horn in Ramah.n
Raise the battle cry in Beth Avenb;o
lead on, Benjamin.
9 Ephraim will be laid wastep
on the day of reckoning.q
Among the tribes of Israel
I proclaim what is certain.r
10 Judah’s leaders are like those
who move boundary stones.s
I will pour out my wratht on them
like a flood of water.
trampled in judgment,
12 I am like a mothv to Ephraim,
like rotw to the people of Judah.
13 “When Ephraimx saw his sickness,
and Judah his sores,
then Ephraim turned to Assyria,y
and sent to the great king for help.z
But he is not able to curea you,
not able to heal your sores.b
14 For I will be like a lionc to Ephraim,
like a great lion to Judah.
I will tear them to piecesd and go away;
I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.e
15 Then I will return to my lairf
until they have borne their guiltg
and seek my faceh—
in their miseryi
they will earnestly seek me.j”
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